Tire-shoe-building apparatus.



: R. EOWLBY & J. J. GOOMBE-R." TIRE SHOE BUILDING APPARATUS.

. APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, 1910'.

- Patentedmay 2, 1911.

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APPLIGATION. FILED APR.Z1,1910,

Patnted May 2, 1911.

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ROBERT, BOWLEY or N w YORK, N. Y.

To all tuhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Rgpnn'r RowLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New .York'city, in the county of New York 11nd State ofNew York, and JAMES J Coon'nnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in'the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Imprm enu-zms in Tire-Shoe Building Apparatus, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, s

The main object of this invention is to produce a machine for building up tire'shoe carcasses out of suitable fiat tape or strips of tire-forming material, by winding trans- "'"zversel'y and circumferentially around an annular mandrel to 'form'an endless tube of superimposed material that ,can be cut around its inner periphery to convert the endless tube into tire-shoe form.

The machine herein illustrated is adapted to carry out the method and in making the a; I tire-shoe set forth in our pending application Serial No. 551,440, filed March 25, 1910,

but 'is useful otherwise than for reversespiral winding therein referred to. ,7 Thereare tire-shoe-making machines known to us that are constructed for the known hand process of making tire-shoes purpose of carrying out the old and wellout of bias-cut, and therefore weakened,

friction fabric=1by Stretching strips thereof circumferentially around the outer periphery of the mandrel, one strip on another, and

stitching) or rubbing down the free margins.of bias-cut strips, as successively applied, along and around the co'vered sides of the mandrel, to which the strips are conformable in consequence of their elasticity due to the bias cutting.

.1 Advantages of our process, -of use of our machine and of the product are considerable savings in cost of manufacture; i11- creased and novel uniform density of the carcass due to the transverse winding under high tension; increased strength of the tapelike strips (which we. prefer to use rather than cord,). employed in building up the carcass, and which may, and for the best results ought to, be straight out and not bias cut; and increased strength of the sidesof the completed shoe, the sides of shoes as heretofore built on such machines being the Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 21, 1910. SeriaI No. 556,792.

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. tion of our machine.

AND JAMES J. COOMBER, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

TIRE-SHQE-BUILDING ArrARATUs.

leastdense and consequently the weakest portions ofthe shoes, where blow-outs niost frequently occur. It is further noted hat when ordinary woven fabric is cut on the bias, a number of lap-jointed pieces are usually required to secure a strip long enough to extend circumferentially around an annular tire-shoe mandrel, and that these joints are objectionable; whereas, according to our invention, in its preferred form, straight-cut strips as long as the goods from the'mill, are readily obtained,

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of any desired width. Such straight cut' strips are estimatedto be more than twenty per cent;' stronger than otherwise corre-' sponding bias-cut strips, and are obtained with much less labor and no waste of stock.

The strips or tape are of course frictioned, that 1s, treated with vulcanizable rubber and our invention will be particularlyldescribed with reference to the building-up" of clencher bead shoe carcasses. Our resent machine, in addition to being useful n I open-cure vulcanization, and in this respect is in physical form somewhat like, as we are informed, a certain Moseley tire-winding machine built at Providence, R. I., from the drawings of an English machine priorv to 1906, and from which the well. known Hartford Rubber Works winding machine was developed; and themachine shown in Millersll. S. Patent. No. 840,642. We are also aware of British Patent No. 5430 of March 5, 1908, to Swain and Swain, and of their British Patent No; 27,486 of 1898 relating -to' tires, We are "also aware of United States Patents No. 351,584 to Dixon, October 26, 1886; No. 700,713 to Wright, May

20, 1902, both for wrapping coils of wire; and No. 791,081 to Davis, May 30, 1905, for

taping machines; and disclaim allthat is In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the principle of our invention and the best mode now known to 'us of applying that principle, Figure 1" is a side elevation, Fig.

or building up shoe carcasses, is eiso useful 1n w nding the shoe carcasses for- 2 a top-plan view, and Fig. 3 a front eleva- Fig. 4*is a side elevation of a circumferentially"collapsible, an

nular mandrel. Fig. 5 is a view partly'in transverse section through the mandrel, a

foundation winding thereon, and vulcanizable clencher beads, and partly in elevation to show the bead ring rolls in working position, and the mandrel in which they" are held onv a bracket. Fig. '6 is a view partly in; perspective and partly in section, and illustrates a portion. of the mandrel and. foundation 'winding for application. of a pair of annular, vulcanizable rubberbead rings; the mandrel being shown with an inner circumferential cutter-receiving slot, Fig. 7 is a view similar to ,Fig, ,5, but shows the clencher bead rings in place and covered by the final winding; the mandrels circum-x Iferential cutter-receiving slot receiving a cutting-disk by means of which-the annular tube is cut around its inner periphery into shoe-form on the disk passing through the fabric into the mandre'lslot "Fig. 8 is ;aside view similar to Fig. 7,-"but shows; in transverse section, a pair' of annular? re 'movable fzzibead ring supports that maybe used, if esired, as a part .of the apparatus.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is .a mainframe provided with a projecting, stationary, circularly arcuate spool-carrier support 2, on the outer periphery of Which the circularly arcuate spool-carrier 3 is rotatably mountedfbeing held thereon laterallyby the side rings'4 of the support, these rings projecting beyond the outer' per pheral wall of the supporthto forin a guideway in which the spool-carrier is 10- cated. Anti-friction rolls 5 are desirably placed between opposed peripheral walls of the support and carrier and the support and carrier are formed w1 front openings 6 through their sides of a width suflicient to permit the. lateral passage therethr ough- .of an annular shoe-formin mandrel M,

of frame 1, and over a third idler sprocket 15 on shaft 16. Brackets 14, 14 carry the spool-carrier support 2. These sprocket-- wheels are rearward. of the front openings 6, and-hence the sprocket-chain 8 does not cross the openings, and therefore does not interfere with the insertion or removal of "the mandrel 'M which encircles the lower arc of support 2 and carrier 3 the relative planes of the'mandrel and spoo -carr1er, one in relation to the other, bemg at substantially right angles oneto the other. Drive-.

shaft 10 is journaled in brackets 30 and 30* of the frame. 1 I v fixed bevel-gear 38' that is in constant mesh The spool-carrier or sprocket 3 has 'a spool-carrying bracket 17 fixed to 'it" and projecting laterally of it so that the ,spoolg."

18, journaled in the brac (et, overhangsithef mandrehand tape agonthe spool may pass" to the mandrel in 'operati'on, permittingthe tape to be wound ;reverse-'spirally, circumferentially and r' tiansversely around the mandrel, under tension; dependin on the rotati've movements of the mandrel and spool-carrier one to the other.v

The mandrel is rotatively supported, as stated, on a pair of parallel rolls 7 having dished peripheries. These are located one on one side and theother on the other sic of the spool carrier and its support, parallel with the, sides thereofw The mandrel hangs on these supports, and'its weight sufiices' to insure its rotation by. frictional engagement with rolls 7 when the latter, are rotated. Each roll is'fixed on a horizontal shaft 19 journaled in a bracket 20 fast to the mainframe. On the rearward end of each shaft 19, a worm gear 21 is fixed, each meshing with a worm 22 on the shaft 16, which extends transversely of themachine and is journal ed in-brackets 23, 23 of the mainframe.

The pitch of the teeth of the worm gears and worms is such that the two rolls 7, 7 are rotated in the same direction to rotate the mandrel. The shaft 16 is rotated as follows: An .endless sprocket-chain 24eX-' tends from a sprocket 25 fixed on stud 26 journaled in bracket 27 of the main-frame, towa sprocket 28 fixed on transverse driving-shaft 29 journaledin brackets 27 and 30 of the frame; and shaft 29 is driven in any'suit-able. manner, as by a belt 31 from its fixed pulley 32 to a motor 33.

-Stud 26 carriers a fixed bevel-gear 34 which meshes with abevel gear 35 on the upper end of a slanted, upright shaft 36 journaled in bracket37 of the frame (Fig. The lower end of shaft 36 carries a of recesses in gears 39, as will be readily understood without particular illustration,

so as to rotate shaft 16. and consequently the mandrel, in either direction at the willof the operator. Clutch 4.0 has a handle H, and may becalled the mandrel drive-and shift mechanism.

To rotate shaft 10, and consequentlytlie spool-carrier, in either direction, at will, shaft 10 is provided with a pain of loose bevel-gears 41, 41, betweenwhich on shaft 10, a clutch member 42 is slidably mounted and provided with pins 43- to engage one 0 another set of recesses in gears 4.1, which form a foundation tubev forthe clencher strips 52, straight pieces of vulcanizintended, the spool is canted, as shown, so that the tape or strip is led to the mandrel at an angle, as shown-in Fig. 3, whereby spiral winding is facilitated. When a sufticient number of reverse-spiral windings 50' and 51 have been laid-on the mandrel to,

able rubber'of proper cross-sectional contour are put between the rollers 53 and the side ofthe foundation, and then rolled into place as rings adherent to" the tubular, annular foundation formed by reversely winding the -strips or windings 50 and 51, one over the other, spirally and lapping. Each beadformin strip is simultaneously bent into annular orm and pressed in place by the operationof the rollers 53. When one layer has been spirally wound, a fresh spool or a fresh strip end is pressed on the first-laid strip, and the machine reversed either in respect of, the mandrel or spoolcarrier, and in any event the tape or strip of frictional material is wound under tension at all stages of building up the carcass.

hen the clencher bead-forming strips have been laid or rolled in place, further reverse-spiral windings 54 and 55 (as many alternating, overlapping strips as desired,)

are put in place; the rollers 53 being thrown out of use or into idle position, as shown in Fig. 1. In Fig. 5 they are shown in working position. Each is' loosely mounted on a journal 56 hinged at 57 to a suitable bracket 58 and held up to their work by a spring 59 that is detachable,- so that instead of pulling the journals 56 toward one another and the intermediate portion of the mandrel, the journals may fall away from each other into idle position. y

The peripheral work surfaces of the rollers 53 have a shape that corresponds to the exterior wall (of the vulcanizable. rubber bead strip) that lies between its upper or grooved edge and its inner edge, and does not engage the outer peripheral wall; that is, the wall of the groove of the bead-forming strip. As these strips are pre-formed with continuous grooves along their outer peripheral edges,'it is important not to deform them when they are rolled in place;

' and it is also desirable that the rollers 53 should be held up to their work elastically,

as by spring 59, in order to minimize the deformation due to the pressure of the rollers en the pre-formed bead-strips.

When the carcass has been built up, it is initially in the form of an annular tube with clencher bead rings between the foundation and outer plies. To convert this tube into shoe-form, it is cut around its inner periphery, as by a rotary cutter 59, the mandrel having an inner peripheral slit 60 to ermit this operation. The mandrel is pre erably of knock-down or collapsible type, ing segments m, m and m and proper time. After trimming and working the edges of the peripherally slit tube into shape to shape the margins of the outer plies cause the tapes or strips are thereby pulled comprisfasteners of, to permit removal of the shoesat the or be wrapped tightly in place around the mandrel, tightly upon one another, so as to make the carcass very compact. I

If desired, annular bead-supporting rings 61 may be used to hold the bead rings in place, initially for-med, annular tube is slit around its inner circumference. In practice we find are not used, the bead-forming strips 52 of these rings to be removed after the' these bead rings important because if they unvulcanized rubber are apt to be deformed by the compression to which they are. in such case, subjected-by the strain of the supplementary or outer windings. The two rings 61 are chamfered and slightly held apart (by the beads 52) at their opposed lnner edges, at 62, opposite the inner peripheral cutter-receivingslit 60 of the collapsible mandrel, so that the cutter 59 can pass first through the outer winding or shell then between the opposed edges of the bead rings 61, and'then through the inner winding into the slit 60, which affords a clear-.

ance for the cutter. The rings 52 are made of relatively thin stock, and ought to be,

as shown, of uniform thickness throughout their annular and cross-sectional extent so as not to'involve the use of unnecessary-material. Their interior surfaces should .be laterally curving, as shown, so as to permit tight winding, over curving surfaces, of the outermost stri s- The bead-ring support also functions as a rigid purchase around the inner periphery of the shoe" while the exterlor strips are being wound in place.

\Ve find, in practice, that in many sizes of shoes made in accordance with the herein-- before-described method and by useof the il g said machine, it is exceedingly diflicult to remove theshoecarcass from molds that are. not collapsible, However, in the building of lightweight shoe carcasses, solid continuous, that is, noncollapsible, molds may be used; but making heavy shoe car-' casses for use on motorfcars, the tightness The combination spool-carrier supportjan arcuate circular spool-carrier"rotatably mounted thereon a spool on said carrier; a' frame carrying said support';. aplurality ofrollers for support ing an annular mandrel; an annular man- 1f drehrqtatably mou-nteden the rollers, en ff with which the stripsare Wound in place makes the-marginalfportions of the shoes stifienough to strongly resist the removal of such shoe marcasse's from non-collapsiblemandrelswit'hout an undue: amount of labor and i without some; material danger of. de-

' forming the 't hen unvulcanized' portions of .15 ,-Whatf'vve claim is':

the shoe-II of. an areuate circular circling an. arc of thespoQI-carrier support and spool-carrier, and-formed with aninner peripheral cutter receiving slit; means :for rotating the rollers simultaneously in :the- 'same direction; means for rotating the spool-carrier; and means for reversing the rotary movement of the spool-carrier and rollers, in relation, one vto the other.

2. The combination of'an arcuate circular spool-carriersupport; an arcuate circular spool-carrier rotatably -mounted thereon; a spool on said carrier; a frame carrying said support; a plurality of rollers for supportcircling anarc of the spool-carrier support and spcol-carr1erand formed with an "inner,

peripheral cutter-ire ceivingslot'; means forrotating the rollers simultaneously in the same direction; means for rotating the spoolcarrier; and means forreversing the rotary movement of the spool-earrier and rollers, in" relation one to the other; thespool pro-- je cting laterally of the spool-carrier and its support, and the mandrel-carrying rollers being spaced apartat opposite ends of the spool-carrier and its support.

The combination ofan arcuate circular spool-carrier; a supportv therefor; a spool on the carrier; an annular collapsibleman-.

drel; means for rotating, and means for re- 'versmg the rotatlon of the mandrel, the

' latter being provided with an inner peripheral cutter-receiving Slit:

4. The combination of a spool-carrier; a

' support therefor; means for holding and supporting an annular mandrel in position to permit the spool to be carried transversely around'it; means for rotating thecarrier and man drel one in .relation'to the other; rolls for simultaneously curving bead-forming strips and pressing them onthe carcass posed irier; edges of which are located to permit the passage of a cutter between them.

are, circular spoolacarrier support; an arcmg an annular mandrel; an annular mandrel rotatably mounted on the rollers,'en-- 'versing the rotation o the mandrel, the

on the carrier; an annular collapsible mansides; said rolls being, mounted on hinged journals;and a spring for connecting the journals to hold the rolls elastically in working position. ":3- g

5. The combination in a tire-shoe building machine of a spool-carrier; a support therefor; means for holding and supporting an annular mandrel in position to permit the spool to be' carried transversely around it; means for rotating the carrier and mandrel one in relation to the other; and a removable, annular bead-ring support 1mm? Within the mandrel-and rotatable with it; said support comprising two rings the op- 6. The'vcomb ination of a suitable framew th a thereln mounted drive-shaft provided with 'apoWe'r-tran'sm ss on device; an arcu uate,eirculanspool-carrier movably mounted -thereonya' work-supporting roll ateach end-of the spoo'l-carrier, for supporting a mandrel or'other annular device adapted to,

encircle an arc of the assembled spool-carrier and spool in ithe" operation "of the machine; a spool' on said carrier; means for movinglthe spool.-carrier'- on its support; a spool drive and shift mechanism operatively mounted between said means and'the drive shaft; a shaftfor each. of said work-supporting rolls, each "shaft bing provided with a power-transmission device; a shaft -operatively-conneeted with each of said power-transmission devices for driving the rollv shafts simultaneously;- a shaft; oper- "at ively' connected with the drive shaft; and, bet-ween said-lastshaft and -the .,shaft for driving the roll shafts simultaneously, a

mandrel drive and, shift mechanism.

"7. The combination-of an arcuate circular spool-carrier; a support therefor; a spool on the carrier; an annular collapsible mandrel; means for rotatin and means for remandrel having aninner peripheral cutterreceiving slit; and a cutter.

- 8; The combination of an arcuate circular spool-carrier; a support therefor; a spool and rotatable with the mandrel; the inner 125 opposed edges of the support members being opposite the cutter-receiving slit; and

means for directing a shoe-forming element to theassembled mandrel and bead-ring su port; and mechanism for wmdmg-such e emechanism I ment progressively around the assembled mandrel and bead-ring support.

10. The combination, in a tire-shoe build ing machine, of an annular, collapsible m'an drelhaving an inner peripheral, cutterreceiving slit; with means for directing a shoesformin elementto'the mandrel, and

"or Winding the element progressively around the mandrel to form an endless annular tube thereon and therearound.

l1. 'lhecombination in a tire-shoe building machine, of an annular mandrel; an interiorly mounted, removable annulus, the

\ exterior diameter of which is less than the interior diameter of the mandrel to form a shoe carcass receiving space, said interior annulus serving as a head-ring support and also as a purchase during the Winding around the mandrel, the interior ring and contained carcass of a shoe carcass forming 20 element; means for rotating the mandrel and a Winding mechanism one in relation to the other to apply, in the form of an endless annular tube, a shoe-forming element circumferentially and transversely around the 25 ROBERT ROWLEY. JAMES J. COOMBER lVitnesses EDWARD E. BLACK, EDWARD S. BnAen. 

